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A. D. CROSS.

MANUFACTURE OF GOLF BAGS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 14, I919.

Patented Dec. 23,1919.

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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1 4. 1919.

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2 SHEETSSHEET 2- hrrmmm all) ALEXANDER D. CROSS, 01E NEWARK, NEW JERSEY,ASSIGNOR 01E ONE-HALF T0 GUSTAVE H. SHAIVIBERG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Specification of Letters Patent.

MANUFACTURE OF GOLF-BAGS.

Application filed June 14., 1919. Serial noiaoaeea.

in. The bag comprises a body or outer bag,-

capable of opening and closing lengthwise and having fastening means,and an inner bag member closed at one end and open at the other andhaving connections at its open end with the body permitting it to beinverted. Means are also provided in the bottom of the body forshackling the heads of the clubs, so that, even if the cover, whichcannot be removed because of its connections with the body, were cut,the clubs could not be withdrawn.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof and in the severalviews of which similar parts are designated by the same characters ofreference:

Figure-1 is a front elevation of the bag with the inner member inposition to serve as a cover;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the condition of the bag with theinner member lowered;

Fig. 3 is an inside face view of the bag open, with the cover member inthe lowered position;

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section near the bottom of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a horizontal section through Fig. 2, at the region of thepivots; and

Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragment of Fig. 5.

The body 1 is preferably of the regulation cylindrical tubular form,closed at the bottom and open at the top. As preferably constructed itcomprises two semi-cylindrical frames each formed of two longitudinalmembers 2, 3 and two curved end members 4, 5 with a covering of fabricor other flexible material 6. Each half has a rigid bottom 7, forming ahousing for a ball drawer 8. The longitudinal members 2 are joined byhinges 9, permitting the halves to' be opened, and the members 3 11 of alock.

An inner, shorter, tubular bag member 12, having one end open and theother end 13 closed, is connected with one of the halves of the body,marked a. Said inner member is preferably formed of flexible material,with a frame composed of two longitudinal members 14 and a ring 15. Theends 16 of the longitudinal members 14 project beyond the open end ofthe inner bag member, forming lugs for the reception of pivot screws orrivets 17, which fasten to the n'1embers'2, 3 of the frame of the half aof the body. These connections are located at asubstantial distancebelow the top of the body; and the inner bag member is of such lengththat, when it hangs down as a lining, its bottom comes approximately tothe bottom of the interior of the body. When swung upward so that itsclosed end is at the top, it is high enough to accommodate the clubs,Whichare thus completely housed within the body and inner bag member,now acting as a cover.

The body is opened when the inner memher is to be inverted from oneposition to another, and, when the member is used as a bear the parts10,

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opened, and the connections 16, 17 in turn prevent the cover from beingremoved. The clubs, then with their heads down, are embraced by thebuckled loop 18 of a strap 19 in the lower part of the half a of thebody, thus preventing the clubs'being withdrawn even if the cover shouldbe cut. When the bag is fastened the ball drawers are also inaccessible.

Straps 20 on the inner side of the half I) are provided forholdingclothing or the like.

The bag will stand erect either open or closed, and in either conditionwill hold the c ubs.

"What is'claimed as new is:

1. A golf-bag comprising a body capable of opening and closinglengthwise, a closedend cover in the body, and connections .se-

curing the cover to the body permitting the end cover in the body, andivot connections between the open end of t e cover and the body, saidconnections being substantially below the top of the body.

3. A golf-bag comprising an outer bag formed of hinged semi-cylindricalframes covered with flexible material, an inner bag,

and connections between the inner bag. and

one of the halves of the outer bag located 10 substantially below thetop of the body permitting the inner bag to be inverted to constitute acover.

4. A golf-bag comprising two longitudinal hinged body halves havingmeans for fastening them, and an invertible lining and cover memberclosed at one end and pivotally connected at its open end with one ofthe body halves substantially below its top.

ALEXANDER D. CROSS.

